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Details
Previous Names
Hertford and Ware Infectious Diseases Hospital (1893 - 1959)
East Hertfordshire Joint Infectious Diseases Hospital (? - 1959)
Address
Gallows Hill, Stanstead Road, Hertford, SG13 7HU
Previous Locations
Temporary hospital at Little Gobions Farm, Stapleford (1893 - 1898)
Gallows Hill buildings (1898 - ?)
Foundation Year
1893
Status
Open
Administrative Authorities
Regional Board (1948-1974)
North East Metropolitan
Management Committee (1948-1974)
Hertford No. 1 Group
Regional Authority (1974-1982)
North West Thames
Regional Authority (Post-1982)
North West Thames
District Authority (1974-1982)
East
District Authority (Post-1982)
East Hertfordshire
Pre-1974 County
Hertfordshire
Post-1974 County
Hertfordshire
Post-1996 County
Not applicable
Status
Pre-1948
Local Authority
Pre-1948 information
LA: 1893 - 1937 Hertford and Ware Joint Hospital Board 1937 - 1948 East Hertfordshire Joint Hospital Board.
Post-1948
NHS
Type
Pre-1948
Isolation
Post-1948
Other
Post-1948 information
OTHER: Long stay.
Other information
The original East Hertfordshire Joint Hospital (also known as the Hertford and Ware Isolation Hospital) was opened in 1893 in temporary accommodation at Little Gobions Farm in Stapleford. In 1897 building started on a new hospital on Gallows Hill just outside the town of Hertford, behind the Union Workhouse, and this building was opened on 24 February 1898. It cost approximately £5,454 and housed 30 patients in five different blocks. The hospital was run by the Hertford and Ware Joint Hospital Board between 1893 and 1937 and then after 1937 by the East Hertfordshire Joint Hospital Board. This Joint Hospital Board was formed under the provisions of the Borough, Hertford Rural District Council, Ware Urban District and Rural District Councils and Hoddesdon Urban District Council. On 1904 the hospital was extended to take 50 patients in 7 blocks. In 1948, on the creation of the National Health Service, control of the hospital passed to the Harlow Group Hospital Management committee. The hospital is still (1990) open on the same site and has become part of the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City.